# https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python3/bitwise_operators_example.htm def binary_or(a: int, b: int) -> str: """ Take in 2 integers, convert them to binary, and return a binary number that is the result of a binary or operation on the integers provided. >>> binary_or(25, 32) '0b111001' >>> binary_or(37, 50) '0b110111' >>> binary_or(21, 30) '0b11111' >>> binary_or(58, 73) '0b1111011' >>> binary_or(0, 255) '0b11111111' >>> binary_or(0, 256) '0b100000000' >>> binary_or(0, -1) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: the value of both input must be positive >>> binary_or(0, 1.1) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: 'float' object cannot be interpreted as an integer >>> binary_or("0", "1") Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'int' """ if a < 0 or b < 0: raise ValueError("the value of both input must be positive") a_binary = str(bin(a))[2:] # remove the leading "0b" b_binary = str(bin(b))[2:] max_len = max(len(a_binary), len(b_binary)) return "0b" + "".join( str(int("1" in (char_a, char_b))) for char_a, char_b in zip(a_binary.zfill(max_len), b_binary.zfill(max_len)) ) if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod()